Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Giovanni Finati, Native of Ferrara: Who, Under the Assumed Name of Mahomet, Made the Campaigns Against the Wahabees for the Recovery of Mecca and Medina; and Since Acted as Interpreter to European Travellers in Some Parts Least Visited of Asia and AfricaJ. Murray, 1830 - Middle East |
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... called them , ) and read them over to him in English , so that those have the be- nefit of his corrections : for I felt that there would be much less risk of mis- apprehension or mistake in others , where the facts and geography are ...
... called them , ) and read them over to him in English , so that those have the be- nefit of his corrections : for I felt that there would be much less risk of mis- apprehension or mistake in others , where the facts and geography are ...
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... called away to a distance ; but orders were , in due course of time , received from him , that all the forces now in Venice should , without delay , be embarked for Dalmatia , and the point fixed on for their destination was Spalatro ...
... called away to a distance ; but orders were , in due course of time , received from him , that all the forces now in Venice should , without delay , be embarked for Dalmatia , and the point fixed on for their destination was Spalatro ...
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... called Bora , which sweeps downwards upon it from the northward . We got under weigh , imprudently enough , with every sign of an approach- ing tempest , and had proceeded but a very few miles from the island , so as scarce to have ...
... called Bora , which sweeps downwards upon it from the northward . We got under weigh , imprudently enough , with every sign of an approach- ing tempest , and had proceeded but a very few miles from the island , so as scarce to have ...
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... called the Mon- tenegrini , the greater part of whom are no others than originally subjects and citizens of the old republic of Ragusa , who , feeling keenly both the losses and degradation of their country , under the French , were re ...
... called the Mon- tenegrini , the greater part of whom are no others than originally subjects and citizens of the old republic of Ragusa , who , feeling keenly both the losses and degradation of their country , under the French , were re ...
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... called again to him the officer who interpreted , and asked us , through him , if we were hungry , as in truth we were , and we told him so . Upon which he himself gave orders that we should be supplied with every thing that we could ...
... called again to him the officer who interpreted , and asked us , through him , if we were hungry , as in truth we were , and we told him so . Upon which he himself gave orders that we should be supplied with every thing that we could ...
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